(see Mark, cited above) nor the earth be seasoned from any other source. — ££«, out of doors) far from any household use. — xal, and ) sc. and therefore. — xara-rars/ir^a/, to be trodden under foot) There is nothing more despised than one who wishes to be esteemed divine, and is not so.1 — vvb ruv avdpuvuv, by men) i.e., by all who come in its way. This is the force here of the article ruv.
• 14. 2"Opovs, a mountain) Appositely, cf. ver 1. Concerning the thing itself, see Rev. xxi. 10.
15. Kaiovffi, do they light) Impersonal, o! xa/omj, those who light must be understood, cf. vii. 16. — UKO, under) i.e. behind. In Luke viii. 16, we find Woxarw, underneath.
16. "E^MTftrfta TUV avdpunuv, before men) sc. all men. — OTW?, in order that) The force of this particle does not so much refer to the verb 'Jduffiv (they may see) as to do^asugi (may glorify). — bf^Ztv — tpyu,, your works) Your works, not yourselves. The light, not the candle.3 — rbv nar'tpa vpuv, your Father) Who has begotten you like unto Himself. In the whole of this address, the Son shows God to us as our Father, and that more richly than all the prophets of old.
17. M?} i/o/i/tf/irs, Do not think) An elliptical mode of speech by Metonomy of the Consequent.4 Do not think, fear, hope, that I am a teacher like those teachers to whom you have been ac customed, and that I, like them, shall set aside the law. He who thinks the former, thinks also the latter. — jj Xdoi/, / have come) Our Lord, therefore, existed before He came upon earth, which is implied also in ch. viii. 10, by tvpov, I have found. — xaraXiJffai, to destroy, to abrogate) To the compound verb, xaraXvuv, to unloose or dissolve, is opposed -rXjjp ouv, to fulfil ; to the simple verb Xue/v, to loose, combined with oioaextiv, to teach, is opposed TO/E/V, to do,
1 The mere man of the world is not so much disgraced by his vanity as is such a one. — Vers Germ.
- By the words ov "bvvotrott, it is implied that there is no need of a con strained feigning to be what we are not ; so also, a light or lamp, provided it is not stifled, cannot but shine. — Vers. Germ.
3 So there follows [That men may See] Your Father; not yourselves : comp. ch. vi. 2. — Vers. Germ.
'4 The consequent — that I, like them, shall set aside the law : the antecedent — that I am a teacher like those to whom you are accustomed. — (I. B.)